Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by ptom on Monday September 27, 2021 @10:57PM
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The "business" class Quest does not require the FB account. Same hardware, $800 IIRC.
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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by nielsbot on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:01PM
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Link?
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by ptom on Monday September 27, 2021 @11:45PM
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Oof - $999, worse than I thought:
> Every Oculus Quest for business costs $999.
https://skarredghost.com/2020/05/22/oculus-business-vr-price...
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by taneq on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:13AM
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So that’s how much all the tracking and other data (biometrics? 3D model of your home?) is worth to them.
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by luc4sdreyer on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @08:08AM
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No, that's now much they think businesses or other professional consumers will pay.
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by spurgu on Friday October 01, 2021 @10:36PM
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Worth quite a bit to get metrics like heartbeat, what type of stuff you get physically excited about. No wonder they want to connect it to a real user account. Speaking of which, I'll create a fake FB account now and start nurturing it in the case I wanna buy an Oculus later.
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by Someone on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @12:19PM
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But, if that article is correct, (“When you buy a headset like Oculus Quest, it is meant for consumer usage, and theoretically speaking, you can’t use for commercial purposes (exhibitions, training applications, VR cinemas, etc…). Yes, I know, we all use it for commercial purposes as well and for sure Oculus won’t enforce the licensing in the short term, but if you want to play exactly by the rules, you should buy a Business Quest for every enterprise application.”), you can use it commercially! That’s a steal!
What’s next? Ballpoints for business use, at double the price of ballpoints for personal use?
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by romanhn on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:36AM
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On top of the high price, you don't get the Oculus Store either. I think you can theoretically sideload the consumer apps, but it won't be a straightforward process from what I understand.